Background*

Mr. Lewis Mark Kling, also known as Lew, is a Partner of Zelo Public Relations. Mr. Kling served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Flowserve Corp., from August 1, 2005 to October 1, 2009. Mr. Kling served as the Chief Operating Officer of Flowserve Corp., from July 6, 2004 to August 1, 2005. Prior to joining Flowserve Corp., he was employed by SPX for seven years, and served as its Group resident and Corporate Vice President from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Kling ... has more than 35 years of experience with companies such as General Electric, SPX, Harris and AlliedSignal. He has extensive experience in successfully growing profitable industrial businesses, acquiring and integrating businesses, and rapidly driving results. He served as the President of Communications and Technology Systems of SPX Corp. from December 1998 to January 2004. Mr. Kling served as an Officer of SPX Corp. since December 1999. From June 1997 to October 1998, he served as President of (also known as SPX Communication Technology) Dielectric Communications, a subsidiary of General Signal Corp. Prior to joining General Signal, he worked for three years with AlliedSignal Aerospace, where he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Commercial Avionics Systems. He worked for Harris for four years, where he served as Vice President and General Manager of its Electronic Systems Division. Mr. Kling began his career in Apollo Support (later, Simulation and Control Systems) at GE, where he served for 24 years in a number of manager positions, including programs, international marketing, engineering and manufacturing operations, simulation programs, and design engineering. He serves as the Chairman of Zelo Public Relations. He served as Chairman of the American Russian Integrated Avionics JV. He served as Vice Chairman of Flowserve Corp. since October 2009 until February 28, 2010. He has been an Independent Director of Accuride Corp. since February 2012. He serves as a Director of Capital Safety Group and National Jewish Health, Inc. Mr. Kling has been a Director of Eastman Chemical Co. since October 9, 2006. He served as a Director of Flowserve Corp. since August 1, 2005 until February 28, 2010. He served as a Director of Inrange Technologies Corp. from June 2000 to 2003. he holds BS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1966 and an MBA from Stetson University in 1971.

Board Members Memberships*

Director, Chairman of Finance Committee, Member of Health, Safety, Environmental & Security Committee, Member of Compensation & Management Development Committee and Member of Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee

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